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VIF-CODISSIA meeting on Defence Manufacturing in India

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Coimbatore District Small Scale Industries Association (CODISSIA) held a virtual meeting on 31 January 2024. The meeting began with a presentation by CEO, CDIIC, Dr B. Vinodh Kumar and then rema...

January 31, 2024
Tags: Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Make in India , defence manufacturing , Amrit Kaal , Self Reliant
Interaction with Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lt. Gen BS Raju, UYSM, AVASM

VIF organisned a talk and interaction with Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lt. Gen BS Raju, UYSM, AVASM on "Measures Being Adopted to Enhance the Combat Potential of Indian Army including the Agniveers" on 21 July 2022 from 1100 to 1230 hours ...

July 21, 2022
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Army , COAS , Agniveers
Talk by Shri Atul D. Rane, Scientist ‘H’, Outstanding Scientist and DG BrahMos, DRDO

Vivekananda International Foundation and DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) together have interactions in which eminent and distinguished speakers from DRDO have given presentations to the think tanks, industry, startups, milit...

July 20, 2022
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , DRDO , BrahMos , Atul D. Rane
Discussion with Chairman DRDO on Self Reliance in Defence Technologies

VIF organised a round table discussion among Dr G Satheesh Reddy, the Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), the strategic community and representatives from the private Indian def...

March 16, 2022
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , DRDO , Self Reliance , R&D , Ministry of Defence , Defence Technologies , Transfer of Technology
Interaction between UK’s Chief of Defence and the Vivekananda International Foundation on UK’s “Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy”.

On 21 April 2021, Vivekananda International Foundation members had a virtual Interaction with UK’s Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nicholas PatrickCarter, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen. The interaction was focussed on the Indo-Pacific security and...

April 21, 2021
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , foreign policy , UK , CDS. Indo-Pacific
Navy Team Tarini at the Vivekananda International Foundation

Indian Naval Sailing Vessel Tarini (INSV Tarini) comprising six women officers of the Indian Navy circumnavigated the globe in 254 days. The voyage commenced on September 10, 2017 and was completed on May 21, 2018. The expedition was called ‘...

September 27, 2018
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Navy , Team Tarini , Navika Sagar Parikrama , INSV Tarini
RTD on ‘Making Defence Acquisitions Work’

With India’s estimated defence expenditure on capital acquisitions likely to cross over $150 billion over the next decade, the imperative to streamline India’s defence acquisition processes and making it more flexible, transparent and fast-t...

June 30, 2016
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Making Defence Acquisitions Work. NDA government , Defence Services , Manohar Parrikar
FUNCTION TO HONOUR ARMED FORCES MARTYRS

On the eve of Independence Day, a function to honour Armed Forces Martyrs was held at the VIF Auditorium at 1830h on 14 Aug 10. The Keynote Address was delivered by Gen V N Sharma PVSM, AVSM (retd), former Chief of the Army Staff (and younger br...

August 14, 2010
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Armed Forces , Military Heroes
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